I assist the marketing and communications team for The School of Public Health (SPH-B) Dean's Office on meaningful content creation for the website, social media and external publications, streamlining communication channels and maximizing the user interface, and providing editing/quality control on social media posts via Hootsuite. Many of my stories have been republished and promoted by the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), the premiere voice of academic public health. I also utilize the project management system ClickUp with my supervisor and team to make sure reasonable timelines are planned out and deadlines are met. Read some of my most recent press releases published below.

Bloom is a high-end bimonthly publication covering local happenings and highlighting individuals in the Bloomington, Indiana community making a big difference. Please read my most recent story contributions below!

I contribute meaningful content and opinion pieces for this nationwide #nonprofit organization via @Medium on how audiobooks help libraries with personal #wellbeing, #digitalliteracyandinclusion, and providing important, accessible information resources for the public.

I work on a freelance basis with a dedicated team of reviewers for this premiere publication of the audiobook industry. I submit reviews via Google Forms which are published on the website, featured in email marketing campaigns, and often appear in the bi-monthly print magazine. I also submit recommendations for the publication's prestigious "Earphones Award" bestowed upon titles of distinction. Read some of my most recent reviews below!

Provided initial quality control and sound editing for a wide range of audiobooks for such major publishing companies as Penguin Random House, Harper Audio, Gildan Media and Simon and Schuster, to name a few. I listened to the raw audio from a narrator and read along with the corresponding text to clean up any grammatical, enunciation, and sound errors along the way before it went onto the production manager to coordinate and incorporate final corrected pickups and mastering. I utilized Adobe Reader XI and Sony Sound Forge Pro Audio Studio for Mac OS and am proficient at eliminating sound errors such as mouth noises, pops, and clicks. Also have had experience reincorporating completed pickups back into the narrative.

Better known as RCHK, Renaissance is an IB World international school teaching both Primary and Secondary Year levels that is part of the prestigious English Schools Foundation. I manage the collation, editing and sending of messages to parents and guardians via the ESF App. I also create, edit and send our weekly enewsletters to our college community as well as direct and manage the marketing and creation of ads for our school in local publications. Working closely alongside our graphics designer and social media manager; I handle the production of and write for our annual publications RCHK World magazine and the Yearbook - samples of which you can see below. I support our social media manager on maintaining the RCHK Twitter account, Facebook page, Instagram and website as well as coordinating special event planning with our business manager. I regularly work with the Communications Team at ESF Centre on a variety of special projects; recently producing a "Tuesday Teacher Talk" video interview series exclusively for our ESF community's Yammer account. Taking professional photos of events around the school using a Nikon D7200 and Canon EOS Rebel SL1 is also a big part of my job. I employ the use of MailChimp as well as Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign and Photoshop), Wordpress, Microsoft Yammer and Google Apps.

An independently driven position, I provided faculty support on a full-time basis for the science, math and psychology departments at Sewanee. I acted as a liaison between the faculty and the IT Help Desk to ensure individual and group needs were met to provide an effective learning environment. My tasks included website development and improvement using the Terminal 4 (T4) platform, day-to-day equipment troubleshooting, administrative tasks such as proofing, editing, and organizing documents for various professors and their classes, and invoicing and account management for the Chemistry and Biology departments. I employed a variety of applications during the course of my job, including T4 web software, Adobe Acrobat and InDesign, and Google Apps such as Sheets, Drive, Documents, and Forms. I utilized the Mastercard Smart Data accounting system to manage P-Card transactions for the Chemistry and Biology Departments. One of my major projects was using InDesign to format "What If Trees Could Walk?: A Sewanee Tree Book" on the biology of trees for the Sewanee Herbarium for print publication. I have also become comfortable with designing brochures, programs, posters and other printed documents using a combination of InDesign and Adobe Acrobat.

I wrote weekly movie reviews in a dedicated column titled "The Insatiable Critic" for upcoming local features in the weekly paper, The Sewanee Mountain Messenger, serving the South Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee.

Formatted and edited medical reports for the company specifically for the journals Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging (ALTC) and Clinical Geriatrics using AMA and house style. I employed the use of Microsoft Word and double-checked article citations by researching the abstracts using PubMed.gov and Google Scholar. I would then submit the abstracts as a separate document along with the finalized formatted report. I would also on occasion write short articles for ALTC that would include product spotlights and medical news stories, often reinterpreting existing reports to be more accessible to the common layperson.

This position greatly enhanced my interpersonal skills. Owned and operated by the University of the South, I assisted guests in checking in and out, attended to needs such as arranging reservations for dinner at local restaurants as well as special events at the Inn and transportation. I also worked with the university on arranging accommodations for special guests, as well as helping guests directly to make room reservations over the phone and in person. As the first point of contact in case of emergencies, I had to be highly knowledgeable on what to do and work well under pressure. I assisted my guest services manager in training new hires and created a training sheet for my position that they could use as a guide.

My role involved working with the company CEO on administrative tasks such as updating databases and information-seeking, as well as utilizing UberConference and Mavenlink to connect with clients and help organize projects. I hosted weekly conference calls with clients to get updates and progress reports on outstanding projects. I also wrote and edited promotional materials for the company website as well as the monthly newsletter, DBS Insights. I worked primarily in the Google platform, utilizing Chromebook and Google Apps.

Proofed and edited audiobooks for grammatical and sound errors to insure the cleanest possible product. Did light sound editing and also conducted research for pronunciation issues for the narrators of the audiobooks. I also provided feedback on narrator performances and assisted my supervisor in training new employees. Other duties included vetting incoming titles for mature themes for use within the company, and assisting the graphics department with the creation of the book cover for projects. I cited details from the text in regards to main characters' appearances and general tone of the story to help create an accurate and compelling cover that draws the eye. Later in my tenure, I organized and edited audiobook reviews submitted by members of the proofreading department which I would then send to the marketing department to be published under the "Staff Picks" section in the company enewsletter. I was inspired to start this collaborative project as a result of my involvement as a freelance reviewer for AudioFile Magazine; the premiere publication of the audiobook industry.

Wrote, edited and designed the Luther House Legacy newsletter for this nonprofit group fostering faith and encouraging community outreach. It was distributed to 500 + recipients and I assisted in the conversion from paper to a digital format using the email marketing program Constant Contact. Also managed volunteers and work/study students as well as updated the Luther House social media pages. I helped organize community, fundraising and outreach events over the years, most recently with Campus Pastor Kari Henkelmann Keyl.

Wrote articles for Soundings magazine and Soundings Trade Only, and also helped manage the Soundings Facebook account. Won third place in the 2010 Boating Writers International (BWI) Annual Writing Contest for my coverage of Abby Sunderland, the then 16-year-old who attempted to sail solo around the world. Won Certificate of Merit in the 2008 BWI Annual Writing Contest. Managed, assigned and edited the contributions of company interns as well as copy edited pages of the magazine prior to publication.

Local reporter who wrote news, feature, and business articles specifically for Connecticut towns of Madison and Guilford.

Wrote articles on campus events as well as contributing film and music reviews. From 2003 onward, I worked as an events editor, researching and listing current events on and off-campus weekly.